William Fry partner Myra Garrett SC has been recognised as Ireland's top M&A lawyer of the year at the IFLR Women in Business Law Awards 2025 in London. Ms Garrett is a partner in the firm's corporate/M&A department and was previously the firm's managing partner from 2008 to 2014.
Awards
University of Galway School of Law associate professor Dr Brian Tobin has been named Legal Educator of the Year award at the LEAP Irish Law Awards 2025.
Belfast lawyer Lyn Harris, partner at Herbert Smith Freehills, has been named "C Level Woman of the Year" at the 2025 Women in Tech Awards. Organised by Women in Business NI and sponsored by VANRATH, the annual event welcomed over 300 guests from across Northern Ireland's thriving tech sector to the
Cleaver Fulton Rankin associate Jude Copeland has been shortlisted for the Male Advocate of the Year award at the upcoming Women in Tech Awards 2025. Mr Copeland, a legal technology specialist at the Northern Ireland law firm, is a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion with a particular de
Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC) has been named as the recipient of the 2025 Bar of Ireland Human Rights Award. The charity's chief executive officer, Rachel Morrogh, will collect the award on behalf of DRCC at The Bar of Ireland's human rights conference on Saturday.
McCann FitzGerald has been named Ireland's top patent disputes firm of the year at the prestigious Managing IP EMEA Awards 2025 in London. The annual awards recognise and celebrate significant achievements and advancements in several IP practice areas and span more than 50 jurisdictions.
Dublin firm Corrigan & Corrigan Solicitors has presented its inaugural tort essay prize to Technological University Dublin student Jake McCabe Cusack. Mr Cusack's essay on vicarious liability came first in a field of nearly 150 submissions.
William Fry's intellectual property team has walked away with two awards at the prestigious Managing IP Awards 2025 in London. The firm was named Irish Trademark Disputes Firm of the Year for the third year running, as well as winning Europe Impact Case of the Year for its work on Merck Sharp &
Judge Geoffrey Shannon is to receive one of eight alumni awards to be presented by the University of Galway next month. Previously the government's special rapporteur on child protection from 2006 to 2019, he was appointed as a Circuit Court judge in 2023.
McCann FitzGerald has been recognised as Ireland's law firm of the year and Europe's best financial services regulatory practice at the 2025 IFLR Europe Awards in London. The prestigious awards celebrate the legal industry’s most innovative work and honours the deals, teams, and firms th
William Fry has won the "Excellence in Skills Development" award at the Professional Services Management Excellence Awards 2025. The law firm was recognised for its exceptional contribution to addressing productivity and skills gaps and for delivering innovative interventions.
Jarleth Heneghan, a partner in William Fry's construction and engineers practice, has been named the 2025 Client Choice winner for construction in Ireland.
A&L Goodbody LLP has won the Company of the Year Award at the National Diversity & Inclusion Awards 2025 in Dublin.
Former Law Society of Ireland president Patrick O'Connor has been recognised with the Judge Dan Shields Memorial Award. The award is presented annually to a Mayo solicitor who is considered by their colleagues to have made an outstanding contribution to his or her profession.
Belfast solicitor Jude Copeland has been named winner of the Legal Representation Award at the GNI MAG Awards 2024.